We made it, we made it, we made it

We have reached Hanoi, the final destination on our journey through Vietnam. Becky and Gretchen took us all the way. We are therefore very, very grateful to them and will carefully search for good future owners. It has been a long journey and yes we are tired. We are proud that we made it, but also glad that it is over. Today's distance was again more than 160 km and this time on busy highways where road construction took place almost continuesly. We left the beautiful Cat Ba early this morning on a ferry, and after that it has been like one long "village main street" the whole way to Hanoi disregarding the four-lane highway at the end.

Hanoi, the capitol of Vietnam, seems to be a rather nice place. We plan to stay here a few days for final shopping, tourism and finding cheap tickets back home. We are also waiting for the monster typhoon that just left the Philippines. According to weather reports is it approaching Vietnam during the next two days and Hanoi early Monday morning local time. It step by step turns towards north and us. The typhoon is supposed to loose its strength as soon as it arrives over land and Hanoi is not situated at the coast. We are therefore not that worried although it will be windy and some heavy rain is anticipated. I think it will be a piece of cake compared to driving on two wheels to Da Lat. 

//Stefan